Yaman "yam" Ergenekon's Tainted Minds have won the third split of CyberGamer Premier League 2017 over Grayhound in the grand final.

The top four Australian teams from the eight team online league met face-to-face at the CGPL Adelaide studios in the weekend for a lion's share of $15,500 AUD prize pot (~$12,350 including travel assistance).

The Australian event kicked off with a semi-final rematch between the ROG APAC finalists, Athletico and Grayhound, which went in the way of Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga's side 2-1 once again. On the other hand, the two-time reigning CGPL champions Chiefs narrowly lost to the Asia Minor attendees Tainted Minds in 2-1 fashion.

Tainted Minds are the new CGPL champions, after Chiefs claimed the first two 2017 splits

Another nail-biting match going to all three maps saw Tainted Minds emerge as the victors in the upper bracket final against Grayhound, securing themselves a spot in the grand final with a 1-0 advantage for the best-of-five series. 

Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	51 - 33	+18	105.5	1.56
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	43 - 36	+7	86.9	1.27
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	45 - 29	+16	80.7	1.27
Mike 'ap0c' Aliferisap0c	41 - 34	+7	75.0	1.16
Connor 'chuch' Morganchuch	33 - 29	+4	60.6	1.01

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	47 - 43	+4	91.8	1.17
Sean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiGratisfaction	38 - 41	-3	66.8	0.96
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	30 - 44	-14	61.9	0.83
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	28 - 42	-14	59.8	0.70
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	18 - 43	-25	47.0	0.64

Final standings for CGPL Spring 2017:

1. Tainted Minds - $4,980 + CGPL Championship 2017 spot
2. Grayhound - $2,990 + CGPL Championship 2017 spot
3. Chiefs - $2,190
4. Athletico - $2,190
5. SIN
6. Dark Sided
7. AVANT
8. Kings (pulled out of the league)

Here is the updated list for CGPL Championship 2017, which is expected to take place next month:

Chiefs	AVANT
Tainted Minds	Grayhound
TBA	TBA
TBA	TBA

Photo courtesy of CyberGamer Australia.